A61F 2310/00491
Coating made of niobium or nb-based alloys
Official title: Coating made of niobium or Nb-based alloys
A61F2310/00491 (Coating made of niobium or nb-based alloys) appears on 87 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 155
- Latest grant
- 29 Jul 2025
Filings by year
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| 2012 | 6 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 7 |
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| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hip prosthesis containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and preparation method thereof29 Jul 2025US 12,370,050 B2Just Medical Devices (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
- Coated implant and method of making the same3 Jun 2025US 12,318,299 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Femoral component for a knee prosthesis with improved articular characteristics4 Feb 2025US 12,213,889 B2Zimmer, Inc.
- Femoral component for a knee prosthesis with improved articular characteristics30 Jul 2024US 12,048,630 B2Zimmer, Inc.
- Laser-produced porous structure30 May 2023US 11,660,195 B2Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Metallic orthopaedic implant and method of making the same19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076801 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Coated implant and method of making the same21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262058 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Femoral component for a knee prosthesis with improved articular characteristics1 May 2025US 2025/0134670 A1Zimmer, Inc.
- Hip prosthesis containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and preparation method thereof10 Aug 2023US 2023/0248527 A1Just Medical Devices (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
- Metallic orthopaedic implant and method of making the same30 Mar 2023US 2023/0096615 A1DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Open cell tantalum structures for cancellous bone implants and cell and tissue receptors723US 5,282,861 AUltramet · 1994
- Implant insertion device617US 5,782,830 ASDGI Holdings, Inc. · 1998
- Bone grafts393US 6,371,988 B1SDGI Holdings, Inc. · 2002
- Bone grafts366US 5,989,289 ASDGI Holdings, Inc. · 1999
- Laser-produced porous surface342US 7,537,664 B2Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · 2009